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Hi guys, as the title says, Iโ€™m looking for electrican tools (multimeters, clamp meters, voltage testers) made in the EU or owned by a european company. Thank you in advance. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿซก

Edit: Thank you guys for the replies! Now comes the hard part. To decide ๐Ÿ˜‚ I appreciate everyoneโ€™s input.

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[โ€“] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wรผrth. I'm sorry for your wallet.

[โ€“] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why are they so expensive?!

I found a tool bag in the bin so I took it home to use, didn't recognise the brand so googled it and it was like โ‚ฌ100.

For a fucking tool bag, maaan.

[โ€“] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be honest, their stuff is pretty damn good. It's a bit like Knipex or Festool. Pretty much the best quality tools around, but their pricing is also premium. No matter the brand, they are really good, but not all of their stuff is really worth the money, but if you're buying with a company credit card it doesn't really matter either.

For a home gamer it's of course different scenario, but for a company it's nothing to throw 100+โ‚ฌ for a side cutters since you still need to pay for someone to go and pick them up from a retailer and when you pay the premium they last for a very long time no matter how badly you abuse them so you don't waste time and money on replacing stuff.

And wรผrth has reasonable priced tools as well. I have serveral utility knives with break away blades, welding gloves and other stuff around in garage. I could get the cheaper ones too, but even if wรผrth (or knipex) ones are often way more expensive than competition the quality is just so much above anything else that coughing up the cash is really worth it.

[โ€“] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like a EU version of snap on?

[โ€“] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, something like that. I've undestood that snap-on is just for tools while Wรผrth does a crapload more than that. You can get shoes, gloves, jackets and pretty much the whole wardrobe from them. And then there's wรผrth electronics (or something like that) where you can get vaious kinds of common electronics components and so on.

[โ€“] Cyber@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, I was looking for that... can I have it back?

[โ€“] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why did you leave it in a bin behind Lidl

[โ€“] Cyber@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

It's a long story... we were young and had too much to drink...

[โ€“] Blaze@feddit.nl 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Vinci@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Thank you, Iโ€™ll check it out.

I got a multimeter from Lidl, Parkside tools are manufactured in Germany and China

[โ€“] oyzmo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Schneider perhaps?

[โ€“] alleycat@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Benning. They're based in Germany.

[โ€“] QTree@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Gossen Metrawatt builds high quality professionell tools. On their website they claim made in Germany

[โ€“] gamma3_alu@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago

Chauvin Arnoux

[โ€“] jabjoe@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

It's UK, which at the moment doesn't mean EU, but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megger_Group_Limited

[โ€“] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

If you don't find in Europe but still want to avoid the US and China there is Brymen (Taiwan) that makes great multimeters for a decent price.